Joe Hanley
@joehanley.bsky.social
This is further complicated by a range of questions shortly after asking about the “core objectives” of Social Work England. 4/5.
November 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
This is further complicated by a range of questions shortly after asking about the “core objectives” of Social Work England. 4/5.
Yet another question academics will not be asked is the following. Which seems an impossible question to answer anyway, being that it is unclear if they are asking what responsibilities Social Work England legally have, act like they have, or should have. 3/5.
November 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Yet another question academics will not be asked is the following. Which seems an impossible question to answer anyway, being that it is unclear if they are asking what responsibilities Social Work England legally have, act like they have, or should have. 3/5.
One question that academics are not asked is the following, which seems an odd inclusion anyway, and likely one that will be used with a view towards imposing planned reforms to social work education in the near future, disenfranchising key voices of educators in the process. 2/5
November 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
One question that academics are not asked is the following, which seems an odd inclusion anyway, and likely one that will be used with a view towards imposing planned reforms to social work education in the near future, disenfranchising key voices of educators in the process. 2/5
DID YOU KNOW? Social work academics get different questions to 'practising social workers' in the Social Work England review consultation! You’re forced to pick one role, even though many overlap, and choosing “academic” skips major sections, including everything on registration. A🧵1/5.
November 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
DID YOU KNOW? Social work academics get different questions to 'practising social workers' in the Social Work England review consultation! You’re forced to pick one role, even though many overlap, and choosing “academic” skips major sections, including everything on registration. A🧵1/5.
Great experience being invited to talk at UC Berkeley about my work on policy networks and governance. Fitting ground to explore resistance and dissent.
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Great experience being invited to talk at UC Berkeley about my work on policy networks and governance. Fitting ground to explore resistance and dissent.
Interesting to look back at this article from 2019 when Social Work England launched & the CEO argued their novel approach to Fitness to Practice could prevent fee rises. Fast forward to 2025 & persistent failures in this area now being used to justify fee rises #fromthearchives
October 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Interesting to look back at this article from 2019 when Social Work England launched & the CEO argued their novel approach to Fitness to Practice could prevent fee rises. Fast forward to 2025 & persistent failures in this area now being used to justify fee rises #fromthearchives
Our research team are still looking to interview more social work academics and people involved in employing social workers, with a focus on coastal communities. If that sounds like you it would be great to hear from you. Please contact [email protected]. More details:
September 29, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Our research team are still looking to interview more social work academics and people involved in employing social workers, with a focus on coastal communities. If that sounds like you it would be great to hear from you. Please contact [email protected]. More details:
Josh MacAlister’s appointment as Children’s Minister isn’t landing well with practitioners, per this @CommunityCare poll.
www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/09/17/o...
www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/09/17/o...
September 20, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Josh MacAlister’s appointment as Children’s Minister isn’t landing well with practitioners, per this @CommunityCare poll.
www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/09/17/o...
www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/09/17/o...
Great day at the #SWUConference 2025. Lots of solidarity and hope shared from the varied speakers. Thanks to @swu-uk.bsky.social for the invitation to be a lil part of it.
September 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Great day at the #SWUConference 2025. Lots of solidarity and hope shared from the varied speakers. Thanks to @swu-uk.bsky.social for the invitation to be a lil part of it.
I reckon I am biased but I think this list of speakers for the upcoming @swu-uk.bsky.social. Conference on 6th September in Manchester is really superb. Looking forward to the opportunity to talk all things solidarity & activism. More details and booking (free) here: swu-union.org.uk/swu-conference
August 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I reckon I am biased but I think this list of speakers for the upcoming @swu-uk.bsky.social. Conference on 6th September in Manchester is really superb. Looking forward to the opportunity to talk all things solidarity & activism. More details and booking (free) here: swu-union.org.uk/swu-conference
Really enjoyed being part of the Festival of Politics at the Scottish Parliament last week, talking about how social work can help build stronger communities and a healthier democracy w/ Caroline MacDonald, Vivien Thomson & Fulton McGregor et al. Great to catch a bit of my first Fringe too!
August 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Really enjoyed being part of the Festival of Politics at the Scottish Parliament last week, talking about how social work can help build stronger communities and a healthier democracy w/ Caroline MacDonald, Vivien Thomson & Fulton McGregor et al. Great to catch a bit of my first Fringe too!
There have been strong critical sentiments expressed about the Social Worker Awards previously. But I think this is the first time that I have seen someone actually refuse a nomination. I would have thought people would be asked prior to being listed?
www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/08/07/s...
www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/08/07/s...
August 12, 2025 at 11:32 AM
There have been strong critical sentiments expressed about the Social Worker Awards previously. But I think this is the first time that I have seen someone actually refuse a nomination. I would have thought people would be asked prior to being listed?
www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/08/07/s...
www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/08/07/s...
COASTAL SOCIAL WORKERS WANTED! 🏖️⛵️
We are still looking for social workers (or former SWs) with experience of working in coastal communities in England for our research project. If that's you, please get in touch (or pass on to colleagues).
[email protected]
We are still looking for social workers (or former SWs) with experience of working in coastal communities in England for our research project. If that's you, please get in touch (or pass on to colleagues).
[email protected]
August 4, 2025 at 8:42 AM
COASTAL SOCIAL WORKERS WANTED! 🏖️⛵️
We are still looking for social workers (or former SWs) with experience of working in coastal communities in England for our research project. If that's you, please get in touch (or pass on to colleagues).
[email protected]
We are still looking for social workers (or former SWs) with experience of working in coastal communities in England for our research project. If that's you, please get in touch (or pass on to colleagues).
[email protected]
By ignoring the 96% of respondents against the fee increase, Social Work England has shown what has always been true, its approach to consultation is performative at best. I wrote about this in 2022 (full article open access @AotearoaJ):
anzswjournal.nz/anzsw/articl...
anzswjournal.nz/anzsw/articl...
July 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
By ignoring the 96% of respondents against the fee increase, Social Work England has shown what has always been true, its approach to consultation is performative at best. I wrote about this in 2022 (full article open access @AotearoaJ):
anzswjournal.nz/anzsw/articl...
anzswjournal.nz/anzsw/articl...
Social Work England (justifying the now confirmed fee increase) revert to their usual refrain that silly social workers just don't understand their remit. Making it worse, they say this, and then immediately list a load of ways they step outside that remit when it suits them!
July 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Social Work England (justifying the now confirmed fee increase) revert to their usual refrain that silly social workers just don't understand their remit. Making it worse, they say this, and then immediately list a load of ways they step outside that remit when it suits them!
SWE also note that despite a massive response rate for a consultation like this (8,000) that is not a big enough % of the SW population. Of course, they had no problem relying on positive feedback from a much smaller % of social workers in previous consultations when it suited.
July 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
SWE also note that despite a massive response rate for a consultation like this (8,000) that is not a big enough % of the SW population. Of course, they had no problem relying on positive feedback from a much smaller % of social workers in previous consultations when it suited.
Sounds like Teach First is getting the Frontline treatment: rebranding, more oversight, emphasis on diversity... In this previous article @robin2399.bsky.social and I argued that these changes were a tacit admission that Frontline had failed. Same can now be said of Teach First.
July 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Sounds like Teach First is getting the Frontline treatment: rebranding, more oversight, emphasis on diversity... In this previous article @robin2399.bsky.social and I argued that these changes were a tacit admission that Frontline had failed. Same can now be said of Teach First.
Our research team (@ciaranmmmurphy.bsky.social et al.) are still looking to recruit more social workers and former social workers with experience of working in coastal communities in England. If you are interested, or would like more information, please contact: [email protected].
June 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Our research team (@ciaranmmmurphy.bsky.social et al.) are still looking to recruit more social workers and former social workers with experience of working in coastal communities in England. If you are interested, or would like more information, please contact: [email protected].
Social Work England Fee Hike: Confirmation that the above inflation rise in registration fees directly reflects the regulator’s ongoing failure to manage fitness to practise cases. We are paying for their failures.
www.socialworkengland.org.uk/about/public...
www.socialworkengland.org.uk/about/public...
May 3, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Social Work England Fee Hike: Confirmation that the above inflation rise in registration fees directly reflects the regulator’s ongoing failure to manage fitness to practise cases. We are paying for their failures.
www.socialworkengland.org.uk/about/public...
www.socialworkengland.org.uk/about/public...
Our research on coastal social work teams is ongoing. We are looking to speak to those involved in supporting this workforce in these communities, including:
- Social Work Educators
- Social Work Employers
- Community representatives
Please email [email protected]
- Social Work Educators
- Social Work Employers
- Community representatives
Please email [email protected]
April 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Our research on coastal social work teams is ongoing. We are looking to speak to those involved in supporting this workforce in these communities, including:
- Social Work Educators
- Social Work Employers
- Community representatives
Please email [email protected]
- Social Work Educators
- Social Work Employers
- Community representatives
Please email [email protected]
And yes, it is definitely performative. From the same article (but there's lots of other evidence):
April 3, 2025 at 8:58 AM
And yes, it is definitely performative. From the same article (but there's lots of other evidence):
Some more information about why this could have a negative impact on the PCF, and just generally be highly disruptive and unecessary, and how it links with other reforms: 5/6
March 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Some more information about why this could have a negative impact on the PCF, and just generally be highly disruptive and unecessary, and how it links with other reforms: 5/6
This will add to the already ridiculously crowded SW framework landscape & potentially negatively impact the Professional Capabilities Framework (PCF) currently central to the ASYE (that is being replaced by this). In the consultation DfE don't even bother to capitalise BASW! 4/6
March 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
This will add to the already ridiculously crowded SW framework landscape & potentially negatively impact the Professional Capabilities Framework (PCF) currently central to the ASYE (that is being replaced by this). In the consultation DfE don't even bother to capitalise BASW! 4/6
"There is scant recognition of the EXTRA WORK and responsibilities AI social work will bring" (my emphasis) - such a valuable point from @realchristiankerr.bsky.social in @basw-uk.bsky.social PSW Mag. Despite promises to the contrary, tech in social work almost always creates more, not less, work.
March 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"There is scant recognition of the EXTRA WORK and responsibilities AI social work will bring" (my emphasis) - such a valuable point from @realchristiankerr.bsky.social in @basw-uk.bsky.social PSW Mag. Despite promises to the contrary, tech in social work almost always creates more, not less, work.
If you are a social worker who works, or has worked, in coastal communities in England, please consider taking part in our ongoing research w/ @ciaranmmmurphy.bsky.social et al. Email: [email protected].
February 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
If you are a social worker who works, or has worked, in coastal communities in England, please consider taking part in our ongoing research w/ @ciaranmmmurphy.bsky.social et al. Email: [email protected].